Cubbies fans hatred for Hawk amuses me. I’ve had a dozen debates with them about their hatred of Hawk. The reason they hate Hawk? Homerism. Catch phrases. Bashed the cubbies.

Regarding the first two, ever see the statue of Harry outside Wrigley? Harry and Jack were homers. What about “Hey, Hey” and “Holy cow”? Those catch phrases were on the Wrigley foul poles.

The, “I hate Hawk because all he does is bash the cubbies,” I always ask, what has Hawk said about the cubbies? Hawk dislikes Wrigley but cubbies fans said this about Hawk before he expressed his dislike of Wrigley. I have yet to get an answer. I should be clear, I have been told, “I’m not researching this for you...” and “I can’t give exact quotes...” and my favorite, “I don’t watch Sox games...” If you don’t watch Sox games how can you emphatically claim Hawk bashes the Cubs all the time?

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Cubbies fans hatred for Hawk amuses me. I’ve had a dozen debates with them about their hatred of Hawk. The reason they hate Hawk? Homerism. Catch phrases. Bashed the cubbies.

Regarding the first two, ever see the statue of Harry outside Wrigley? Harry and Jack were homers. What about “Hey, Hey” and “Holy cow”? Those catch phrases were on the Wrigley foul poles.

The, “I hate Hawk because all he does is bash the cubbies,” I always ask, what has Hawk said about the cubbies? Hawk dislikes Wrigley but cubbies fans said this about Hawk before he expressed his dislike of Wrigley. I have yet to get an answer. I should be clear, I have been told, “I’m not researching this for you...” and “I can’t give exact quotes...” and my favorite, “I don’t watch Sox games...” If you don’t watch Sox games how can you emphatically claim Hawk bashes the Cubs all the time?

It's a valid question. In these conversations with cubbie fans about Hawk I've asked that question. This, "I hate Hawk because he bashes the Cubs..." line is pure BS. I've not once been given an example of Hawk bashing the cubbies. That's when these conversations then slip into ad hominem attacks.

Cubbie fans on Hawk bashing the Cubs reminds me of Bill Maher's show segment, "I Don't Know It For a Fact...I Just Know It's True."

"Security" at Wrigley is a joke. I was at a game against the Brewers a couple of years ago and sat in the Budwieser Deck (Right Field corner Bleacher section). A fan in the regular Bleachers kept yelling non-stop vile anti-Semitic **** at Ryan Braun for five innings along with comments about what he (the fan) did with Braun's wife "last night" (hint: it was not attending Bible class). This was at the top of his lungs and not only could everyone sitting in RF hear this, so could Braun who did a great job of ignoring him (well, Braun did a couple of really nice catches and hit a dinger in what was a Brewer win) . After five innings of this non-stop crap, two "security "people came down to tell him to shut up. They left with the "fan" still in his seat and he continued his harangue until the game was over with the "security" people standing at the top of the section taking in the ballgame.

At Comiskey, I've seen jerks escorted out for one inning of yelling **** at an opposing player that is over the top offense (personal attacks beyond "you suck!").

Brewers may be 0.5 games back after tonight. They lead by 3 and the Cubs trail by 4. It's getting interesting. The Cubs will make the playoffs. But, it would be awesome if they had to play in the Wild Card game.